Eminent Domain Urban Renewal

Somerville Urban Renewal Taking Survives Challenge

May 26, 2021 by Paula Devereaux | Leave a Comment

In Cobble Hill Center LLC v. Somerville Redevelopment Authority (pdf), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) upheld the eminent domain taking by the Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA) of 3.99 acres of land located at 90 Washington Street in Somerville. Cobble Hill, the owner of the parcel, argued that the taking was improper because there was no […]

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